Counterexamples to the local-global principle associated with Swinnerton-Dyer's cubic form (Q2219119): Difference between revisions

The most famous counterexample to the local-global principle for cubic forms is Selmer's form \(C(x,y,z) = 3x^3 + 4y^3 + 5z^3\) (see [\textit{E. S. Selmer}, Acta Math. 85, 203--362 (1951; Zbl 0042.26905)]). \textit{H. P. F. Swinnerton-Dyer} [Mathematika 9, 54--56 (1962; Zbl 0103.38302)] shows that the form \(t(t+x)(2+tx) - \prod (x + \theta_m y + \theta_m^2z)\) is a counterexample in four variables, where \(\theta_m = 2 - 2 \cos \frac{2\pi m}{7}\). In this article, the author modifies Swinnerton-Dyer's construction by providing families of counterexamples to the local-global principle represented by homogeneous forms of \(4, 5, \ldots, 2n+2\) variables and degree \(2n+1\) for infinitely many integers \(n\). The proof of local solvability is deduced from the Weil bounds for the number of \({\mathbb F}_p\)-rational points on nonsingular projective curves.